Mitten



April 1952 H. WOLLER-DUFF ,3

MITTEN Filed Aug. 19, 1948 2 SHEETSSHEET 1 INVENTOR HILDA WOLLER- DUFF m x l April 1952 H. WOLLER-DUFF 2,593,378

MITTEN Filed Aug. 19, 1948 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 JNVENTOR. HILDA W01, LEIR- DUFF Patented Apr. 15, 1952 1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in mittens.

More particularly, the present invention relates to mittens, especially for Women,'and, aims to: provide a novel and valuable mitten of the stylishly smart class well adapted to be made of a textile material such as suede cloth, silk, satin or the like, that is, of a woven fabric of any suitable kind, or of a combination of a plurality of different such fabrics, and at the same time a mitten-type glove of such close and smooth fit all over the hand as to be characterizable as something analogous to the fit obtained over the calf of the leg by a full-fashioned knit piece of hosiery.

The statement that somethin fits like a glove has been long taken as tantamount to a statement that the fit obtained is the most perfect possible; but in the case of the present invention, while a mitten is involved, the fit obtained is closer than that obtained with an ordinary glove or mitten whether of leather or other material. Consequently, in connection with the present invention, the fit obtained will be re ferred to as a stocking fit, meaning such a fit, in a mitten-type glove, as that above referred to relative to the calf of the leg and in regard to a. covering therefor constituted by ,a full-fashioned knit piece of hosiery. As is well known, the fit. just mentioned is to some extent a function of an essentially elastic nature of knit fabric; but. as already stated, the material used pursuant to the present invention is a woven one, not a knitted one, yet the fit obtained is as above described, and this solely as the result of structural ieatures of the new mitten, aside from the nature of the sheet material used.

According to the present invention, the structure of the glove is such that while it is a mitten-type one, that is, having a thumbstall and a single stall for the four fingers of the hand, the. latter stall is stepped at its outer end, such steps relatively spaced longitudinally of the groove in accordance with the difference between the lengths of the four fingers, while, in comblnation with this feature, a gusset is provided extending down all the way to the wrist opening and preferably thus extended while having its upper and narrower terminus at a side of the mitten about opposite. a midpoint alon the length of the palm.

Still another object oi the present invention proposes forming the, mitten of separate back and palm portions secured together along their contactin p r pheral edge a ha ng the s e UNITED- s TATE s I PATENT MITTEN H ld Wo or-D fi, New Y rk N-v 1? Application Augustli), 1948, Serial No. 45,1182

OFFICE 2 set set into one side thereof opposite the thumb stall in a manner; to complete the formation of; the improved mitten in accordance with the "present invention.

ten when completely stitched.

It is a further object, of the present invention to construct a new and improved mitten which is simple and durable and which can be manufactured and sold at a reasonable cost.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, ref-. erence will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claim in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly setforth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is an elevational view looking at the b ck f of o mi t n constru ted, c orde t th p e ent n e ti n. w th the gus e tucked in.

F 2 s nlarged ttom dev o l vi w of Fig. l.

ia- 3 is view sho in th mit e o Fis- 1., bu wi h he g sset extended- F s- 4 is an. nlarged. bottom de otiona ie 015 Fig 3.

Fi 5 is afrosmontory e pe tive v ew, look.- i cv a he same end I the mit n as oon n Fig;. 4, but with the wrist portion of the mitten extended.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view taken on the line 6 -6, of Fig. 3.

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig 3, but illuse ne a modific ti n f. th p esen n ention- Fig. 8 is still another view similar to, Fig. 3, but illustrating a further modification of the present invention.

Fig. 9 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view taken on the line 9.-.-9 of Fig. 8.

Fig. 10 is. a plan view of the blank used for o m ng the back of he mitten hown. n B s. 8

.1 is a lan. vie oi the lan u ed, tor; forming the pa m o he mitt n shown F g, 8-

he v ri us vi ws he. illust ate not is; ne or th l ha d. and so the ack taco oi th mitten is the face thereof seen in Figs, 1, 3, 7 and r The mitten, in accordance with the present invention, includes a thumb stall l0, and a finger stall H for receiving all the four fingers of the hand. The outer end of the finger stall l however, as' here shown, has its continuity interrupted at intervals, as at [2, |4, l5 and IS, in accordance with the varying lengths of, respectively, the little finger, the fourth finger, the middle finger and the forefinger. The mitten is made so as snugly to enclose the four fingers and the thumb, as contradistinguished from the loose, baglike fit of the previous mitten made of fabric, which fabric has been a knitted one.

Also included in the mitten is a wrist portion l1, here shown as of short length; but, as will be understood, such wrist portion may be made of any length desired, as to provide one extended well up along the forearm or even, as in the case of a highly formal dress glove, up to the elbow or slightly beyond.

The mitten is further provided with a gusset l8, this, from apoint at or near its .bottom, tapering upward to a point I9. As the gusset I8 is here shown, the same, below the beginning of its said upward taper, is tapered downward, and over a distance representing a minor fraction, as say one-fourth or one-fifth, of the distance of upward taper of the gusset. Thus, in the case of the short mitten shown, when said. gusset is.

tucked in as in Figs. 1 and 2, the lower'end- 20 thereof projects slightly below the wrist opening.

while said piece of material 2 l see Figs. 5 and 6,

for the palm side of the'mitten is of the same outline. The edge of each such piece, at its side to be seamed to one of the two upwardly taper ing sides of the gusset, is cut accordingly, preferably along a straight line.

Thus, when the gusset H3 is seamed to the piece 2|, an inside seam is provided as indicated at 22 r in Figs. 5 and 6, so that a seam line appears as at 23; and when the gusset is seamed to the piece 2 a seam 24 like the seam 22 is provided, and a seam line 25 symmetrically matching seam line 23 appears on the palm face of the mitten.

The companion pieces 2| and 2| are stitched together all around the mitten, from the point l3 all along the-stalls II and Ill to the point 26,

to establish a continuous inside seam as indi cated at 27 in Fig. 6, so that a seam line 21 (Figs. 4 and 5) appears all around the mitten between the points I9 and 26.

The wrist opening may be finished in any desiredway, but as here shown the same is folded in andv stitched all around as'indicated at 28 to provide an inside edge seam 28. v 1

Referring to Fig. 7, the same mitten as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6 is shown, but with the gusset 29 of greater maximum width than the gusset It. In this form, the piece 2| for the back face of the mitten, and the correspondingly shaped piece 2 l for the palm face of the mitten, are all so cut that the seam line 23' extends from the point l9 all the way to the point'2j6, that is, to the extreme side limit of the wrist opening on the side of the mitten beneath the thumb stall l0.

In other respects this form of the invention is similar to the previous form of the invention and like reference numerals are used to identify like parts in each of the several views.

In the further modification of the invention shown in Figs. 8 to 11 the mitten is again similar to that illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6, except that the gusset 30 is integrally formed with the piece 2 I which forms the palm of the mitten. The gusset is arranged to be folded on the line 3| to have its free edge 32 stitched to the adjacent side of the piece 2| which forms the back of the mitten. Stitching the free edge 32 of the gusset '30 to the piece 2| forms the internal seam 22 and the external seam line 23 on the back side of the mitten. As the gusset 30 is integral with the piece 2| which forms the palm side of the mitten there is no gusset seam line on the palm side of the mitten as in the previous forms of the invention.

In other respects this form of the invention is similar to that shown in Figs. 1 to 6 and like reference numerals are used to identify like parts in each of the several views.

It is also within the invention to place the gusset used, as, for instance, one like the gusset as one gusset at the thumb side of the mitten and another at its little-finger side. Again, a

gusset may be provided which extends wholly or mainly across the back face ofthe mitten,

and/or a gusset which extends wholly or mainlyacross the palm side of the mitten.

The mitten, further, can be of solid color and/or of the same material, or'of two-tone or other plural-color type and/ or of two-material or other plural-material type. For instance, the back face of the mitten may be satin, silk or some such relatively smooth and lustrous material, and the palm face of the mitten may be of suede cloth or the like, or of some other material than that used for the back face of the mitten, with the gusset or a gusset or each gusset of a material like that used, as the case may be, for both faces of the mitten or for either face thereof, or of a different material from that used for either or both of such faces. In any of these cases, the colors provided at the two faces of the mitten may be alike or different, and the same in regard to the gusset or a gusset or each gusset relative to either or both faces of mitten.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

, Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United engaging projection to a point midway of the width of the said one portion at the wrist end thereof, the other portion having on its side opposite its respective thumb engaging-p'rojection a gusset-like extension having a diagonally extendedstraight edge matching the straight edge of the said one portion, said gusset-like extension being folded so that its diagonally extended J straight edge extends parallel to the straight edge of the said one portion, and stitches securing said straight edges together with a minimum of overlap of the material of the portions defining said straight edges.

HHIDA WOLLER-DUFF.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Number Name Date King Feb. 13, 1883 Heinig Sept. 10, 1895 Anderson July 3. 1900 Wolf Oct. 17, 1922 Pease Mar. 3, 1925 Lindfelt May 19 1942 FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Australia Feb. 25, 1943 

